Trial-at-bar to hear bond case

14 June 2019 12:10 am

• AG to file indictments against Mahendran, Aloysius, Kasun, Samarasiri and 6 others   
• ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM CJ TO GO AHEAD
• AG gets greenlight from chief justice to go ahead

 

By Shehan Chamika silva   
The Attorney General yesterday received the approval of the Chief Justice to hear the case against the suspects of the Central Bank bond scam before a trial-at-bar in the Colombo High Court.   

Accordingly, the AG would file indictments against former Central Bank governor Arjuna Mahendran, Perpetual Treasuries Limited (PTL) owner Arjun Aloysius, PTL CEO Kasun Palisena, former deputy governor P. Samarasiri and six others, Coordinating officer to the AG, SC Nishara Jayaratne told the Daily Mirror.